Mayor Ras J. Baraka and the Office Comprehensive Community Education will spotlight education with five events in the city:

On Tuesday, April 28 at 6pm, Mayor Baraka will speak at the Regular Newark Public School Board meeting at Louise A. Spencer Elementary School, located at 66 Muhammad Ali Avenue. At the meeting, Mayor Baraka will deliver remarks on the One Newark Plan, community schools, turn-around schools, and special education.

On Wednesday, April 29 from 6pm to 8pm Mayor Baraka will be joined by education leaders for Mayor Baraka’s third Town Hall meeting at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center that will focus on education issues in Newark.

On Friday, May 1 at 11am at City Hall, the Office of Comprehensive Community Education and Mayor Baraka will welcome the Journey for Justice Alliance as they host their 1st Annual National Organizing Conference in Newark to highlight the shared impacts of current educational reform in Newark and cities across the country.

On Friday, May 1 at 6:30pm Mayor Baraka will deliver the keynote address at the Journey for Justice’s 1st Annual National Organizing Conference. The three-day conference will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel at Newark Airport, located at 128 Frontage Road.

On Saturday, May 2 at 6pm The Mayor’s Office of Comprehensive Community Education and the Alliance for Newark Public Schools will tell the “Newark Story” at an off-site visit for attendees at the Journey for Justice 1st Annual National Organizing Conference. The site will be disclosed at the opening of the conference.

“There are few things more important than a child’s education, and we are determined to ensure that every child in Newark does, indeed, learn. As a Newark educator for more than 22 years, I have seen lives under my stewardship as Central High School Principal achieve and fail in the crucible of our society. Too many young people have fallen through cracks that should never have existed in the first place, too many more have simply never been given the resources they need, and have been defeated by life. These lives and their stories are why I support we are hosting these events and have committed our City to doing so,” said Mayor Baraka.